Compare and contrast positive climate-feedback mechanisms and negative climate-feedback mechanisms

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A positive mechanism will amplify the initial effect on the climate whereas a negative mechanism will reduce the initial effect.

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A) Primary producers B) Carnivores C) Consumers D) Herbivores

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With the Sun and Moon in this position, what does the side of the Earth facing the moon experience?

A. a neap tide B. a spring tide C. a normal low tide D. a normal high tide

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The heat that transformed Earth early in its history came primarily from all but which of the following?

A. the decay of radioactive elements B. impact energy C. dark energy D. gravitational energy

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A proton is a positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom

a. True b. False

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